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The Schiek® 540 Platinum lifting gloves showcase a wrist-wrap closure for extra support and the easy-removable FIN system that let's you simply grab the fin extensions on the top of the glove to easily pull it off. Each glove is constructed with a Amara synthetic leather, a durable non-slip padded palm and thumb and thick gel padding.

This review is for the XL size. I currently use reinforced fingerless gloves with a separate combo wrist wrap/bar wrap, but I thought the idea of combining the wrist wrap and glove might be less cumbersome even if it meant sacrificing the bar wrap. The imitation leather material is NOT cut into multiple ergonomic pieces and is bulky, which interferes with establishing a firm grip by making it more difficult to wrap one's fingers around the bar. I chose these given I limit animal product usage, but for my omnivorous friends I would advise they are inferior to the high quality leather one I compared them after the fact. For vegetarians my advice is stick to fabric and use a separate wrist wrap as opposed to this specific model.

I like my gloves very much. They stand up well to the rigours of a rough workout; however my main concern is the amount of dye that is used in the leather. After using it for the first time i noticed that the area between my thumb and fore finger have been stained with the black dye. I have been unable to get it off. I constanly wash the gloves but cant seem to get rid of that problem. It's very annoying. wondering if i am the only one who had that experiece.

This was a gift for my husband who runs on alternate days and does weights on opposite days. As he does mostly curls, he thought the wrist wraps were too restrictive, especially since he is trying to build up his wrists. He found the gloves had too much fabric between the fingers and were very uncomfortable. He stopped midway through his first workout and asked me to return them. He said they were more appropriate for power lifters.

These gloves replaced an old set of cheaper Harbingers for weight lifting. The improvement is huge. Heavy loads (especially weighted dips) no longer dig into my palms, the gloves are very comfortable, and the wrist support is great when needed. The easy-off tabs are nice, but not a huge deal for me.

That said, I normally wear a medium or large glove. My hands measure 8.5" around, so I ordered these in medium, but they were huge! I shipped them back and got a size small which fit very well.